Daniel 2:21
And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:
To be something, you must be something, to get something you must give something. We invest to gain; the implication is that there’s input to get output. Have something to deposit unto yourself, we know you can’t deposit something without having something, so have something to deposit in order to increase!!
Mathew 14:19-20
¹⁹And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.²⁰ And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full.
When Jesus multiplied bread and fish, He used what was available to get the multiplication, when the widow gained alot from the overflowing oil, she had something to use, atleast a bottle of oil ( 2 Kings 4:1-7). At the wedding where Jesus turned water into wine, the wine wasn’t turned from nothing but from the water that was availed ( John 2:1-11).
Genesis 22:17
That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
When God tells Abraham that in the muiltiplying will I muiltiply you, we know we have a guarantee from the one that multiplies on our side,
We have a deposit of His ‘richness’ in us, however Paul says to Timothy 2:15; Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”
Study to get deep in the word, add a deposit of it unto yourself daily to get a balanced life. To get knowledge, you need to seek it, study it, deposit in yourself something to gain something. When King Nebuchadnezzar looked for men to work in His palace, He looked for men with wisdom , a qualification for Daniel and His friends, their knowledge and skill was to their elevation.
Daniel 1:17
As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.
The psalmist says in ; Ps 90;17 ” And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: And establish thou the work of our hands upon us; Yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.”
What is it that is in your hands that God can establish? And with Job 22:28 we find an assertion : ” You will also declare a thing, And it will be established for you; So light will shine on your ways.” What is it that is declared by your mouth that He can establish? Consider the fact that only that which proceeds forth from His word is that which He establishes for His word is never void!! And further scripture emphasizes that we have the mind of Christ, what is it that is at your disposal?
As we read His word for it deposits in us, we gain knowledge and understanding under the guidance of His spirit, this knowledge as a deposit can be uttered out unto crystallization, an investment with bountiful results, many take giving as a deposit gaining perpetual righteousness, Paul deems it as bountiful supply, and as we take on prayer we build communion with God among many benefits. As we seek to increase what we have, we have more possibilities of increase. Then in Job we find the key secret to everything as we seek to acquire and multiply;
Job 22:21-23
²¹”Now acquaint yourself with Him, and be at peace; Thereby good will come to you.²² Receive, please, instruction from His mouth, And lay up His words in your heart. ²³If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up; You will remove iniquity far from your tents.
The benefits of laying up for yourself a treasury in God through His words would include; delight, answered prayer, declaration of a thing and it is, a shinning of His light in and on your pathways, exaltation where there is a casting down, deliverance for the innocent through your prayers.
He that laid the foundations of the world knows best the principles by which we ought to operate in for a blissful life!! To this it is written;
Mathew 13:12
For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.
Prophetic Utterance:
Thanks be to God who has enriched us to be enriched and to enrich, His indescribable, inexpressible, free Gift un to us.
Guiding Text:
2 Corinthians 9:8-10
⁸And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:⁹(As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.¹⁰Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness).